Job summary An opportunity has arisen to join our team at Colchester Hospital.
We are inviting applications for a full-time post, Consultant in Renal Medicine.
Full registration with the General Medical Council and being listed on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT date at time of interview.
Main duties of the job The renal consultants currently work on a rotational base providing inpatient care with the support of a FY1 and an IMT trainee, dialysis management and 7 general nephrology clinics (7 in Colchester and 2 in Clacton) as well as 3 low clearance clinics.
This is an exciting time to join the renal team as major changes are planned.
The Colchester and Ipswich renal team will join forces to form a single department in order to improve patient care and resource management.
About us We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex.
Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff.
We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.
Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone.
Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic.
This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - Job description Job responsibilities The successful candidate will work with the existing team in delivering a high qualify nephrology service: Provide in-patient care on a rotational base Provide care for dedicated HD patients Provide sessions flexibly to cover commitments of colleagues when they are on leave or on call Support the anaemia team Participate in the on-call rota 1:4 Participate in the various departmental meetings Participate in the assessment of outpatient referrals and A&G requests Play a full part in the teaching and training commitments of the department Participate in the process of clinical governance, including clinical audit The successful candidate is expected to play a major role in establishing the transplant follow up service in Colchester and provide care to the transplant patients with the help of the other consultants.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Full registration with the General Medical Council and being listed on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT date at time of interview.
MRCP or equivalent and nephrology subspecialty exam Experience Essential Broad experience in Nephrology services and particularly extensive experience in transplantation Skills Essential Significant experience in renal transplantation Ability to lead and work as part of multi-disciplinary team